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| Sure, "Scars & Memories" was good. Heck "I.M.C.U.D.O.N.T." was very dope. Nevertheless, Lex showed that they know what they are doing when the gave Jemini - quite an unlikely contender - the chance to do an album. And considering all the hoopla surrounding
DM's "The Gray Album" now, again, they had their finger on the future pulse and predicted some sped up heartbeat in a minute. |
| Now that EMI is acting silly by ordering a stop of all sales of "The Gray Album" (for the record, "The Gray Album" is Danger Mouse's version of Jay Z's "The Black Album", with beats created from samples off of The Beatles "White Album"), not
considering the advertisement it is for The Beatles' music, thus introducing those four geezers to a rap audience EMI couldn't find if it would bit 'em in the arse, DM and with him Jemini got quite a little bit of publicity going for them. And just in time, Lex offers us the "Twenty Six Inch"
EP, featuring a couple of remixes and a bundle of new songs. |
| Both of these somethings offer reason to be excited about the EP. First check out the first song: "What U Sittin On?" a cut that on the album featured the Alkaholiks, still features Tha Liks, but additionally to that,
we get crooner Cee-Lo. DM shook things up proper, as the beat borrows a bass from the Liks neck of the woods, while the lyrics still talk about the same female attraction (and Tash dropping the gem "she said she don't fuck with rap niggers, just producers"). Cee-Lo, heck the whole mix, sounds
thinner than the thighs and ass of the women, what however can be dealt with, if you just play the music louder. |
| On "Ghetto Pop Life (Remix)" a whole wall of sounds hits you, including a Beastie Boys sample, a whole orchestra and miscellaneous other sounds. Jemini in the mean time sticks to dropping some defining verses about himself, to later be joined by Sadat X who shows
no traits of getting any less hungry, as his braggadocio verses grill big and sharp teeth. A sentiment Jemini picks up for "The Sh!t", where he takes on the microphone and everyone that wants to shorten his mic time. DM sticks to a rolling
bass, horn chops, a drum and little else. Hence it's kept much simpler than "Omega Supreme (DM Remix)" and the excellent "Live On Both Sides", that's dense in production,
quick in progress and Jemini gets another chance to use his quirky voice for the good lyrics he's known to spit. |
| Even though the whole success has not yet kicked in when "Ghetto Pop Life II" was recorded, this version however is so happy and obviously content, you can't be surprised if this is the two artists current anthem. Someone sings, Jemini sing-song flows, and DM's beat
will be a perfect mood enhancer come the summer times, despite the thuggish content. Sure, the summer is still a couple of months away. But there's no way you'll be annoyed by these six tracks by then. Nope, they are too good for that. And if we'd live in a fair world, we wouldn't read about DM (and
Jemini) because he's not allowed to sell his record anymore, but because his record follows its cover color: it goes gold. |
| review: tadah |
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